Read article: Heavy water could add weight to climate models
Heavy water could add weight to climate models
Researchers attempt to unravel past climates by analysing water isotopes
Read article: Heavy water could add weight to climate models
Cloud watching goes hi-tech
New device could reveal cloud structure in unprecedented detail
Read article: The Earth – for physicists
The Earth – for physicists
Scientists are beginning to understand the extent to which the evolution of our planet has been shaped by collisions, bombardments and catastrophes. John Baez tells the violent hist...
Read article: Newfound order in the valleys
Newfound order in the valleys
Theory explains why the Earth’s valleys are so evenly spaced
Read article: Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth’s ‘hum’
Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth’s ‘hum’
Coupling between atmosphere and solid Earth creates mysterious planetary noise
Read article: Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons
Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons
Physicists explain how gamma rays are generated in clouds
Read article: Earth’s magnetic field perturbed by ‘electric oceans’, claims researcher
Earth’s magnetic field perturbed by ‘electric oceans’, claims researcher
Is Atlantic Ocean circulation responsible for magnetic oddities in Europe?
Read article: Archaeological dating by re-firing ancient pots
Archaeological dating by re-firing ancient pots
The inorganic equivalent of carbon dating, say researchers
Read article: Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning
Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning
Tracking cosmic rays in a thunderstorm may explain how lightning occurs, say physicists
Read article: The power of robotics
The power of robotics
Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease
